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Christmas Market

seabrooks0 contributionAustraliaDec 19, 2012

We went to the Christmas Market today. It was pouring rain in the morning and while we waited for the market stalls to open we had a Gluhwein to warm ourselves up.
Some of the stalls were lovely and there was plenty of Lebkuchen and Gluhwein if you wanted them.

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